i peen, to me this is -- i mean, to me this is the classic case of a dictator versus disdealts. and i've been increasingly frustrated, disappointed, angry that the hasn't been much more proactive in support of the dissidents. both because they were on the side of freedom, and increasingly it really became a humanitarian disaster. also i don't know that in my 24 years in the senate, i probably should think about it before i say something that -- but, comparing, but this is a case where there's an awful lot of values and strategic interests of our country coming together as they usually don't in foreign policy. and the obvious strategic interest -- well, two, but the one big one is that, you know, assad is the number one friend of our number one enemy, iran. and his collapse, um, would be probably a significant, a body blow to the regime at the top in tehran as anything we could do. and that would in some ways increase our, i think increase our leverage over iran when it comes to their nuclear program, maybe even as much as sanctions do, because the fall of assad will effect the t